Biography of 	WERLEIN, Philip, Sr., Vicksburg, MS., then Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller April 1998

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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions,
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 460-461.  Edited
by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical
Association.

Werlein, Philip, Sr., prominent business man and active church worker, was
born at Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 22, 1847; son of Philip P. and Margaret
(Halsey) Werlein, the former of whom was a native of Germany, and the
latter of Long Island, New York.  By ancestry through his mother, who was
the daughter of Shepard Halsey and Jerusha Conklin, Philip Werlein is a
lineal descendant of both these families, several of the earlier members of
which participated in the Revolutionary war.  The grandfather, Thomas
Halsey, landed at Lynn, Mass., in 1647.  The father of the subject of this
sketch is elsewhere referred to in this work.  Philip Werlein, in this
sketch designated as ''senior," was a little over 13 years of age at the
beginning of the Civil war, but before the close of hostilities he became
identified with the operations of the war department of the Confederacy.
He did service at Shreveport in the tax bureau office under the Hon. Robert
M. Lusher, and remained in service until after the surrender, when he
returned to New Orleans and some time later reëstablished the piano and
musical merchandise business previously inaugurated by his father, Philip
P. Werlein.  He affiliated with the democratic party and took an active
part in the historic operations of the ''White League'' at New Orleans.  In
the course of his education he attended the public schools of New Orleans,
where he graduated from the Boys' high school, and later from Louisiana
State university.  Aside from becoming a prominent business man, Philip
Werlein, Sr., was also a devout Christian and active worker in the church
and in the Young Men's Christian association.  He actively identified
himself with every movement that tended toward the betterment of the city
or the uplift and advancement of the community or individual members
thereof.  He believed thoroughly in the reformatory power of the Christian
religion, and was always to do his full part in any religious or civic work
that was really good and meritorious.  He was a member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and affiliated with the Masonic fraternity.  Jan. 9,
1877, Philip Werlein, Sr., was married to Miss Betty Frances Parham,
daughter of John Greenway and Mary Elminor (Blunt) Parham, of New Orleans.
Six children, as follows, were born to their union:  Philip, Jr., now
executive head of the Philip Werlein, limited, music business at New
Orleans;  Mary, who died in infancy;  Ethel May, now Mrs. P. S. Felder, of
New Orleans;  Betty Parham, now Mrs. W. E. Huger, of Houston, Tex.;  Miss
Fred. Parham and  John Parham, now actively connected with Philip Werlein,
Ltd.